Contract award · 4 Mar 2025

Northern Ireland Pet Travel Services

Defra Commercial awarded “Northern Ireland Pet Travel Services” to G4S Secure Solutions (UK) Limited for £3.4m on 4 Mar 2025.

Business servicesYorkshire and the Humber

Value £3.4m

Competition with a shortlist

Competitive procedure with a selection stage: suppliers were shortlisted before being invited to bid.

Key facts

Value
£3,400,000
Procedure
Call-off from a framework agreement
Sector
Business services · Security services (CPV 79710000)
Timeline
  1. Contract date4 Mar 2025
  2. Published20 Mar 2025Published 16 days after the contract date

Description

Pet compliance checking services will consist of 100% documentary and visual checks as well as a proportion of risk-based checks (involving a microchip scan). The Pet compliance checking services are required at three Great Britain (GB) ferry ports (2 Stena ports for their Liverpool to Belfast and Loch Ryan to Belfast routes and 1 P&O port for the Cairnryan to Larne route) on behalf of the Competent Authority (CA). The checks are required to cover all sailings at these ports.

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